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42) What Jesus meant
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Publisher
HighBridge
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
In what are billed as "culture wars," people on the political right and the political left cite Jesus as endorsing their views. Wills argues that Jesus subscribed to no political program--He was far more radical than that. It is only by dodges and evasions that people misrepresent what Jesus plainly had to say against power, the wealthy, and religion itself. Jesus came from the working class, and he spoke to and for that class. This book will challenge...
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Language
English
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Author Elaine Pagels returns the Book of Revelation to its historical origin, written as its author John of Patmos took aim at the Roman Empire after what is now known as 'The Jewish War' in 66 CE. Militant Jews in Jerusalem waged an all-out war against Rome's occupation of Judea and their defeat resulted in the desecration of Jerusalem and its Great Temple. Pagels offers the interpretation that the book of Revelations is an attack on Rome, not a...
Author
Publisher
B&H Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Everyone's story comes with unique challenges, difficulties, bumps, and bruises that leave you lost and drowning in their wake. It could be a financial disaster, a health issue, a broken relationship, or the loss of a loved one. Dr. Tony Evans, bestselling author and pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, understands life's hardships firsthand. In a span of less than two years, he lost his brother, sister, brother-in-law, two nieces, father, and wife....
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Publisher
Shambhala
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Mary Magdalene is one of the most influential symbols in the history of Christianity-yet, if you look in the Bible, you'll find only a handful of verses that speak of her. How did she become such a compelling saint in the face of such paltry evidence? In her effort to answer that question, Cynthia Bourgeault examines the Bible, church tradition, art, legend, and newly discovered texts to see what's there. She then applies her own reasoning and intuition,...
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"The only author ever to win the Booker Prize twice, J. M. Coetzee is one of the world's greatest novelists. Now his many admirers can have the pleasure of reading his significant body of literary criticism. This volume gathers together for the first time in book form twenty-six pieces on books and writing. Stranger Shores opens with "What Is a Classic?" in which Coetzee explores the answer to his own question - "What does it mean in living terms...
Author
Publisher
DelMonico Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Wild Things Are Happening emphasizes Maurice Sendak's relationship to the history of art and the influences of his art collecting on his images. It features previously unpublished sketches, story boards and paintings that emphasize Sendak's creative processes. Bringing together a broad diversity of perspectives on the award-winning artist, the book includes an extended essay by the renowned art historian Thomas Crow that traces the genesis and cultural...
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History
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Learn and discover about the missing texts that were excluded from the Bible by the Early Church and discovered by modern scholars. Included are the life of Adam and Eve as detailed in the Koran, selections from the Apocrypha, the hidden writings of Lilith, Aseneth, Daniel, and the Book of Enoch.
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English
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"This revised and expanded edition of Eddie Muller's Dark City is a film noir lover's bible, taking readers on a tour of the urban landscape of the grim and gritty genre in a definitive, highly illustrated volume. Dark City expands with new chapters and a fresh collection of restored photos that illustrate the mythic landscape of the imagination. It's a place where the men and women who created film noir often find themselves dangling from the same...
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Publisher
Ignatius Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Before Austen Comes Aesop presents an in-depth examination of the Children's Great Books, that is, the literature that has made the most profound impact on the lives of children throughout Western history...The book's premise is that children often do notspend enough time with literature written or adapted for them before diving into adult works.
"Before Austen Comes Aesop presents an in-depth examination of the Children's Great Books, that is, the...
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Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Looks at spiritual fulfillment through the example of four stories from Luke, chapter VII, and stresses to readers that the only way out of doubts, insecurity, anxieties, discontentment, and depression is Jesus.
Author
Publisher
Touchstone
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
What can the call to discipleship, the adherence to the word of Jesus, mean today to the businessman, the soldier, the laborer, or the aristocrat? What did Jesus mean to say to us? What is his will for us today? Drawing on the Sermon on the Mount, Dietrich Bonhoeffer answers these timeless questions by providing a seminal reading of the dichotomy between "cheap grace" and "costly grace.".
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